Joining the Queue at Srinivasam Complex to gain access to the ticket for Lord Venkateswara Darshan

Joining the Queue at Srinivasam Complex to gain access to the ticket for Lord Venkateswara Darshan

Having joined the queue a little after 4 am in Srinivasam Complex for Darshan ticket i came across different sets of people. There was a group from Maharashtra with whom i discussed about my pilgrimage to Srisailam. They told me about different sets of temples in their Maharshtra State starting with two Lord Shiva Jyotirlinga, Baidyanath in Aurangabad and Bhimashankar near Mancher near Pune. Other temple was Mangi tungi in Nashik where the idol is 108 feet long in one piece.  I told them i had been to TTD Temple of Lord Venkateswara near Pune in Narayanpur.

When the counter opened i was able to get Darshan ticket for 12 pm. I made it doubly sure that if i come the next day i would be able to get Darshan ticket once again. Having collected ticket i had idli, vada and masala dosa from Sarvana Bhavan in Tirupati near Tirupati bus station. A little after 11 am i left for Tirumala by bus. With Darshan ticket in hand the entry to the temple was swift and having made note in my diary i was in sanctum sanctorum in record time. I was able to sight Lord Venkatewara with no pushing and shoving around.

As for footpath pilgrims the TTD should see to it that there are no long, winding route for entry to different compartments and there should be fewer hassles for footpath pilgrims as they have made an extra effort to walk from Alipiri Gate to Tirumala. The long, winding route to different compartments should be done away with for footpath pilgrims with immediate effect and TTD should make effort to see footpath pilgrims are at ease. With Darshan ticket i joined the queue at 1.40 and i was in sanctum sanctorum by 2.15 pm. Having sighted Lord Venkateswara i collected small laddu as prasadam and came out of the temple. I left Tirumala by bus and i was in Tirupati around 4.30 pm. These two days were special for me as i was blessed to view Lord Venkateswara with ease. Lord Venkateswara has been kind to all of us and his blessings are very much in order to let positive vibes circulate everywhere. I hope i keep getting opportunities for a long time to visit Tirumala time and again. I am fond of Tirumala and i am fond of walking from Alipiri Gate to Tirumala. 

Walking From Alipiri Gate To Tirumala On Foot On A Tuesday; Sighting Lord Venkateswara

Walking From Alipiri Gate To Tirumala On Foot On A Tuesday: Sighting Lord Venkateswara

Having taken dinner from Hotel Vikram on a Monday i went for black tea from Friends Tea Stall. On Tuesday i got up a little after 4 am and headed to Friends Tea Stall to have three sets of black tea. By six in the morning i left by auto for Alipiri Gate. The auto was mentored by Mr O K Raju. After penning thoughts in the prayer diary i started walking from Alipiri Gate from 6.30. By 7 i was able to cover 1600 steps, by 7.10 1900 steps were negotiated. I reached Gopuram at 7.15 and the darshan time on my token was given 4 pm. I was at Lord Hanuman Idol a little after 7.40. By 8 am 2700 steps had been covered and i reached Tirumala at 9.10 having in all covered 3550 steps. The point to be noted there are different range of vendors on either side of footpath and they are ever ready to dispense food items that you would relish.  I reached the outside gate of the temple and later left by bus for Tirupati. I was in Tirupati a little after 10.30 am.

By 12 pm i took another ride by bus from Tirupati to Tirumala. Having reached Tirumala around 1 i headed straight to the footpath gate and the amount of walking that one has to do from Vaikuntam Queue Complex is inexplicable. Earlier there was direct entry for footpath pilgrims and now one has to walk for almost half an hour to 40 minutes. I was in compartment number 33 by 2 pm. Having penned thoughts once again i waited for gates to open. The new addition in these compartments are sets of screen that have SVBC Channel beamed. Here the gates were opened after 5.30 pm and i was in sanctum sanctorum by 6.35 pm. With so much of pushing and shoving around one gets little chance to sight Lord Venkateswara. Despite pushing and shoving around i was able to sight Lord Venkateswara one more time. And i would remain ever grateful to the Lord for giving me the opportunity to have a fleeting glimpse one more time. The second sighting of Lord Venkateswara was something i would cherish for a long time. Lord Venkateswara has been very kind to me and to all the devotees who visit Tirumala.  Soon after i headed to the exit gate to collect Laddus. Later i went to Matrusri Tarigonda Vengamamba Anna Prasada Centre and took food. The volunteers/ staff at Matrusri Tarigonda Vengamamba Anna Prasada Centre was kind enough to keep my prayer diary while i was having food.

I took bus from Rambagicha bus stand and reached Tirupati  a little before 9 pm. A little before 9.30 i was at Friends Tea Stall and took black Tea. At Friends Tea Stall the staff went by the name Mr Naveen, Mr Kumar, Mr Shekhar and Mr Suresh and they were ever ready to dish out black tea. On Wednesday i got up around 3.30 am and took black tea from Friends Tea Stall. Later i joined the queue for 300 rs ticket. The counter opened at eight and the darshan time given on my token was 12 pm. 

Leaving For Jubilee Bus Station To Reach Hyderabad Airport; Reaching Tirupati

Leaving For Jubilee Bus Station To Reach Hyderabad Airport; Reaching Tirupati


The day i am supposed to leave for Tirupati i leave the bed a little before 4.45 am. I head to A R Mess point to have two to three sets of black Tea. Later i visit Lord Ganesh Temple for a short duration and vacate the room. Hotel Swathi manager Mr Srinivas is helpful and so are Mr Anil Kumar and Mr Mukesh. I have two sets of idli before heading to airport. The ride from Secundarabad to Jubilee Bus Station (JBS) is in an auto mentored by automan Mr Vudtyavath Nanu.

The plush bus from JBS to Hyderabad Airport has Mr Kumar at the wheels. The bus leaves at 7.17, going past Boorugu Complex. There are spate of metro stations including Begumpet. Follow lane discipline is on the Display Board. There are spate of flyovers, going past Vaishnavi Arcade, Salwa multicuisine restaurant and Agra sweets Banjara. There is hoarding that went like this
Hyderabad Drive
Investment Plot 2020

There is an ad of Whistle blower Mr Shahbaz Ahmad Khan. Fight illegalities. Perhaps the time has come for more whistle blowers to come out in the open. Going past Junaid's tutorials. At 7.47 we are on the longest flyover which is P V Narasimha Rao flyover. P V Narasimha Rao was India's Prime Minister at one point of time much credited for ushering in economic reforms. He was one of the best Prime Minsters that India had. There is an ad of Ramco Supercrete. Going past South Indian shopping mall. The flyover gets over at 8.01 am. Going past Sree Vidya Model School. There is hoarding Own The Real Gold TMR.
We are in Airport at 8.22.

Footpath route from Srivari Mettu to Tirumala that is a shorter route which i am told

Meet Mr Kamal Saika from Assam. Mr A S Reddy  of CISF looks at the ticket. The server is down and there are long winding queues at different counters of Air India. That gives me a chance to meet Mr Venkateshawara Rao who has spent 25 years in Delhi and now settled in Hyderabad. I broach the subjects of Srisailam and Tirumala, having visited Srisailam and planning to visit Tirumala. I tell him i would be walking from Alipiri Gate to Tirumala.
Meet Mr Saifuddin with whom i discuss Bhindi Bazar in Mumbai. He shows me a HT (Hindustan Times) report according to which 550 families have shifted to two newly built towers in Bhindi Bazar. Mr Saifuddin is going to Coimbatore. Air India Flight AI 542 is delayed. Captain Ms Sapna Patel is at the helm and that is the best part of the journey, safe and secured in the hands of a woman. One crew member who is a woman is from Manipur. I am seated next to Ms Aaradhya who is in class 2 and Ms Charvi who is in Standard 7. Settled in Hyderabad they go by share auto to school. Meet Mr Prasad settled in Tirupati. Mr Prasad discloses that now there is a shorter footpath route from Srivari Mettu to Tirumala which roughly takes one hour. That route would come handy for old people who wish to climb to Tirumala Hills by foot. And it would be equally handy for those who would turn old in the decades to come.

The flight takes off at 1.15 and lands in Tirupati which actually is in Renigunta at 2.01 pm. We are thankful to the people concerned who have made arrangement for buses to ply between Tirupati Airport to Tirupati as well as Tirumala. The bus leaves airport at 2.35, going past Renigunta railway station and reaches Tirupati at 3.05. I deboard here. The man at the wheels is Mr Anand and he is honest and very helpful. I  check in Charan Residency where proprietor Mr V Venkatesh is at the desk. He is thrilled to have me as his guest. The cyber cafe from where i do story is opposite Hotel Vikram and it comes handy with the staff very helpful. Around 7 pm i have my dinner from Hotel Vikram where Ms Naveena, Mr Subramaniam, Mr Karunakaran and Mr Prabhakaran took extra care to see i was comfortable. The food on the table is something to cherish. All my thoughts are on walking from Alipiri Gate to Tirumala on foot on a Tuesday.

We Crave For Peace In Delhi As Hate Speeches Were Made By Those Raised On Empty Belly

We Crave For Peace In Delhi As Hate Speeches Were Made By Those Raised On Empty Belly

We crave for peace in Delhi and beyond as we assume in this city nothing can go wrong. The havoc that perpetrators wreaked across parts of Delhi was much to do with their divise agenda and essentially raised on empty belly. Hate speeches have been in air since December 2019 and in the run up to Delhi polls these four leaders of right wing party turned menacingly notorious and were out and out petty. They repeatedly made hate speeches directing their ire against those protesting against CAA and this peaceful protest did not go down well with them who didn't even possess a simple degree called BA. Their hate speeches played out in Court and Court Giving Directions To Cops to act swiftly against them irrespective of the party they belonged to and visible thoughts on instigating people that was the clue. The incendiary elements are to be blamed for rioters running wild and untamed in a city that is largely a melting pot of people with different religious standings and ironclad secular fame.

Given these hate speeches coupled with cops decision to slowly react the miscreants took out their anger on public property not realising this was caught on camera and their act dismissed as haughty. The miscreants didn't give two hoots and carried their mischief that amply demonstrated their unemployment minus career booth. As long as unemployment would rage, such acts would take the slice of craze. Any political outfit patronising these miscreants should be condemned by one and all, this is the very nation that sees daily street brawl. Running on short fuse and a temperament that is coated in abuse, the violence shown on channels across territories is an open invitation for miscreants to recharge their battery. With miscreants not gainfully employed and millions spent by govt of the day and night marking the arrival of guest the mischief by miscreants went hand in hand while we welcomed the dignitary From The West. No Major Strides were reported from the dignitary's visit who had all to say about radical Islamic terrorism that had to be rooted out and for which none could  wait. There were extensive reportage on Dignitary's Visit sharing space with extensive coverage of Delhi riots which had seen innumerable shots being fired. Once normalcy returns to the proceedings  and a political template is devoid of hate banter and beating, the city would discover the magical wonder that keeps most beaming. 

Leaving For Jubilee Bus Station To Reach Hyderabad Airport; Reaching Tirupati

Leaving For Jubilee Bus Station To Reach Hyderabad Airport; Reaching Tirupati


The day i am supposed to leave for Tirupati i leave the bed a little before 4.45 am. I head to A R Mess point to have two to three sets of black Tea. Later i visit Lord Ganesh Temple for a short duration and vacate the room. Hotel Swathi manager Mr Srinivas is helpful and so are Mr Anil Kumar and Mr Mukesh. I have two sets of idli before heading to airport. The ride from Secundarabad to Jubilee Bus Station (JBS) is in an auto mentored by automan Mr Vudtyavath Nanu.

The plush bus from JBS to Hyderabad Airport has Mr Kumar at the wheels. The bus leaves at 7.17, going past Boorugu Complex. There are spate of metro stations including Begumpet. Follow lane discipline is on the Display Board. There are spate of flyovers, going past Vaishnavi Arcade, Salwa multicuisine restaurant and Agra sweets Banjara. There is hoarding that went like this
Hyderabad Drive
Investment Plot 2020

There is an ad of Whistle blower Mr Shahbaz Ahmad Khan. Fight illegalities. Perhaps the time has come for more whistle blowers to come out in the open. Going past Junaid's tutorials. At 7.47 we are on the longest flyover which is P V Narasimha Rao flyover. P V Narasimha Rao was India's Prime Minister at one point of time much credited for ushering in economic reforms. He was one of the best Prime Minsters that India had. There is an ad of Ramco Supercrete. Going past South Indian shopping mall. The flyover gets over at 8.01 am. Going past Sree Vidya Model School. There is hoarding Own The Real Gold TMR.
We are in Airport at 8.22.

Footpath route from Srivari Mettu to Tirumala that is a shorter route which i am told

Meet Mr Kamal Saika from Assam. Mr A S Reddy  of CISF looks at the ticket. The server is down and there are long winding queues at different counters of Air India. That gives me a chance to meet Mr Venkateshawara Rao who has spent 25 years in Delhi and now settled in Hyderabad. I broach the subjects of Srisailam and Tirumala, having visited Srisailam and planning to visit Tirumala. I tell him i would be walking from Alipiri Gate to Tirumala.
Meet Mr Saifuddin with whom i discuss Bhindi Bazar in Mumbai. He shows me a HT (Hindustan Times) report according to which 550 families have shifted to two newly built towers in Bhindi Bazar. Mr Saifuddin is going to Coimbatore. Air India Flight AI 542 is delayed. Captain Ms Sapna Patel is at the helm and that is the best part of the journey, safe and secured in the hands of a woman. One crew member who is a woman is from Manipur. I am seated next to Ms Aaradhya who is in class 2 and Ms Charvi who is in Standard 7. Settled in Hyderabad they go by share auto to school. Meet Mr Prasad settled in Tirupati. Mr Prasad discloses that now there is a shorter footpath route from Srivari Mettu to Tirumala which roughly takes one hour. That route would come handy for old people who wish to climb to Tirumala Hills by foot. And it would be equally handy for those who would turn old in the decades to come.

The flight takes off at 1.15 and lands in Tirupati which actually is in Renigunta at 2.01 pm. We are thankful to the people concerned who have made arrangement for buses to ply between Tirupati Airport to Tirupati as well as Tirumala. The bus leaves airport at 2.35, going past Renigunta railway station and reaches Tirupati at 3.05. I deboard here. The man at the wheels is Mr Anand and he is honest and very helpful. I  check in Charan Residency where proprietor Mr V Venkatesh is at the desk. He is thrilled to have me as his guest. The cyber cafe from where i do story is opposite Hotel Vikram and it comes handy with the staff very helpful. Around 7 pm i have my dinner from Hotel Vikram where Ms Naveena, Mr Subramaniam, Mr Karunakaran and Mr Prabhakaran took extra care to see i was comfortable. The food on the table is something to cherish. All my thoughts are on walking from Alipiri Gate to Tirumala on foot on a Tuesday.

The Ride From SRISAILAM To Hyderabad; Sightings In Secundarabad

The Ride From SRISAILAM To Hyderabad; Sightings In Secundarabad

The stay in SRISAILAM was wonderful. A special word of thanks to SRISAILAM Temple Staff for letting each devotee have more than a fleeting glimpse of the Lord with no pushing and shoving. Hotel Murugan came handy and so did scores of automen who provided different sets of ride.

The bus from SRISAILAM  to Hyderabad leaves at 11.52 am , at 12.07 pm Hyderabad is shown to be 210 km away. Around 12.50 the weather turns cool, at 1.40 we are in vicinity of Amrabad Tiger Reserve. At 2.03 comes Munnanur, at 2.10 Hyderabad is shown to be 129 km away. The bus number is TS 08Z 0137. At 3 pm comes Dindi, 4.03 Govindapally. We are on National Highway 765. At 4.35 comes Maheshwaram. At 4.46 Hyderabad is shown to be 13 km away. At 4.47 we go past Venkateshwara Areospace Pvt Ltd, at 4.53 Hotel AL- NAHDI.

The man at the wheels is Mr Srinivas Reddy and i would remain ever grateful to him for ensuring that i get a window seat. The  Hyderabad bus station comes at 5.37 pm. There is an ad of SAANVI Junior College for Girls. I take auto at 5.45 for Secundarabad.  Reach Secundarabad at 6.18. I take room in Hotel New Swathi. From A R Mess Point Mr Yangam is helpful as he dispenses black tea as and when required. In Hotel Swathi the Manager is Mr Srinivas, other personnel are Mr Anil Kumar and Mr  Mukesh

Sightings in Secundarabad

- Hotel Balaji Tiffin and Meals
- Hotel Swathi Lodge Veg
  Tiffins Meals North And South Indian Dishes
- S K Mobile World Sales And Service
- Hotel Everest
- Everest Travels Mumbai, Bengaluru, Trichy, Madurai, Chennai, Akola, Goa, Cochin, Ernakulam,        Trivandrum(Thiruvanathapuram), Nagpur, Shirdi, Tirupati. Kolkata
- S K Travelling Goods And Footwear
- Hotel Padmaja Veg Restaurant
- Raj Restaurant And Bar
- Prajaya Deluxe Lodge
- Devi Deluxe Mess
- National Men's Beauty And Hair Saloon
- Sree Geeta Medical Hall
- Gattu Madhava Rao And Son General Merchant
- A R Mess Point Food Tasty Food (For Black Tea)
- Shree Kanaka Durga Wines
- Sri Surya Travels Kesineni
- Sri Siddi Vinayak Tiffins And Meals
- G M Mess
- Sri Kanaka Durga Travels
- Sandardishni Pure Veg
   Pan Shop, Scoops Ice Cream, Meals At First Floor, Bakery, Juices And Tea Coffee
- Raja Rajeshwari
- Indra Watch And Mobiles
- Akshaya Fast Food And Tiffins
- Kesineni Travels
- SVT Travels
- Swathi Sweets Bakery And Meals
- Sai Lodge Double Bed Room Rs 550
- Asoka Restaurant Tea Bakers
- Asoka Corner Pan Shop
- Take Away The Taste Of Telangana
- Shree Bhavani Bag
- Hajira Collections
- KGN China Bazar
- Aqsa Chicken Biryani Veg Biryani
- S S Mobile World
- AMK Footwear
- Hotel Indian
- Golden Restaurant And Bakery
- Meet Fruit Vendor Mr Mohammad Khadir
- Sona Traders
- Santosh Sweet House
- Santosh Boarding And Lodging
- Nikhil Communications
- Amruth Stores
- Ganesh Temple

Near Hotel Padmaja
- Hotel Sagar
- Hotel Tulip
- M B Mobile World
- Fancy Footwear
- Anusha Travels
- Asian Tours And Travels
- Navodaya Lodge
- Hotel Gem
- Asian Tea Co
- Hyderabadi Dum Biryani
- Fruit juice Rs 10
- Devaki Lodge

This two-day halt in India by a dignitary who could well visit an eatery to reset his pantry

This two-day halt in India by a dignitary who could well visit an eatery to reset his pantry


This two-day visit is a break from work and the dignitary has a long list of demand including meeting a Turk. There would be complete lock down of cities and towns where the dignitary wishes to travel, accompanying him would be group of people who would unarguably babble. This visit enlists least interest as the gathering of seven to 10 million people to greet him by and large wants to take the much-needed rest. How can a cricket stadium or the route from airport to stadium see a convergence of 10 million who have aspirations which run into zillion. Be it seven million or 10 million missing in action would be cricketer named Bevan.

This visit comes from a dignitary of a nation whose growth figures hinge on output by varied sectors and ever-expanding spa centres. This visit comes amidst protests in the host nation over CAA something that includes protesters in possession of a degree necessarily called B.A. This gathering of seven to 10 million is a tall order in a nation having Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan sharing border. This purported figure of 10 million looks like day dreaming as the said gathering would be in no mood to shelve work and be beaming. This 10 million would come on foot or be transported by buses which are brute is not known, what is known people would well come from far away places including Wellington and Rome.

As the said dignitary would take breakfast, lunch and dinner, the thoughts would be on the one who would be November 2020 polls winner. The winner name is all but declared, it could well be a person sporting or not sporting beard something that has been reared. The visit is all about optics and the manner in which the dignitary ducks the opponents tendency to corner him and their tactics. As news channels across India would chase this two day halt in India by going overboard, an act of perfunctory courtesy wearing winter coat. News Channels would be well advised to focus on issues halting India a nation that seeks to ever built ties with Croatia. The news channels would dig deep into what the dignitary ate and with whom he sat, noting every signal that emanated from a man who has unfettered access to let run his writ with no sighting of rat. From here he would be going to Germany, a nation where every individual cares for each penny. The coming into effect of an accord with Taliban would be historical, 29th is the day of this month when fine prints of the said accord would unravel.  We hope for peace in Afghanistan and across world; the positive vibes should not be in a state of lull.

As the visit would wind up and people associated with it would retire for the day, this visit would be remembered for the high moments and high tea shared in a nation which occasionally sees protests fizzling out and pared. Post this visit, the intelligentsia would hope another visit involving tall order the nation plays host to with much anticipated on table the coffee brew. Post this visit and post snooping gadget, the doors would be well open for world leaders to converge, does anyone have an idea when India would host G 20 feast with no sentiments of purge. 

THE RIDE TO SRISAILAM; VISITING MALLIKARJUNA SWAMY TEMPLE IN SRISAILAM IN FEBRUARY

THE RIDE TO SRISAILAM; VISITING MALLIKARJUNA SWAMY TEMPLE IN SRISAILAM

The bus for Srisailam left Hyderabad Bus Station at 10.30 am. The bus number is  TS 15Z 0128. Packed to capacity with no seat to spare the bus was driven with all alertness. Amangal comes at 12.10 pm and Medigadda at 12.15. At 12.27 Srisailam is shown to be 133 km away. At 1 pm Tummalapally comes, at 1.07 we are in Konetipuram Toll Plaza followed by Dindi at 1.15. Hajipur comes at 1.55 (this Hajipur is different from much-famed Hajipur of Bihar). At 2.05 we are greeted with Welcome to Amrabad Tiger Reserve. At 3.15 Srisailam is 35 km away.

On the way to Srisailam there are different sign boards like  Rejoice In The Lord's Presence, Service To The Mankind Is Service To The Lord. At 4.35 we are in Srisailam. One automan comes and makes enquiries about number of persons who would like to take accommodation. On getting to know that there is sole person he says it would be pretty difficult to get a room. Automan Shyam comes to my rescue and takes me to Kurni Nithya Annadhana Sathram which is a bit far from the bus station. Mr Gopal is at the desk and makes entry and wishes to know the time i would be staying in Kurni Sadan. Later i take fried rice from Hotel Apoorva opposite to which is Hotel Murugan which came handy on more than one occasion. I take black tea from Hotel Murugan.

In the evening i visit SRI MALLIKARJUNA SWAMY temple. Once inside the compartment the darshan time is shown to be 8.30 pm. Once inside the sanctum sanctorum in no time we get to sight  Lord Mallikarjuna Swamy with ease. There is no pushing and shoving around. Later i visit SRI BHRAMARAMBA DEVI Temple. Grandiose are the temples and pompous are the surroundings.The clean template makes it more wonderful and fabulous.  I hail an auto and return to my room. Next morning i take tea from Hotel Murugan and leave for temple after 6 am. After making notings in my prayer diary i am in sanctum sanctorum in record time and come out out of temple sooner than expected. I purchase Laddoos which are similar in taste to Tirumala Laddoos. Each comes for Rs 15.

Just before 12 pm i settle for plate meals from Hotel Apoorva which is a bit heavy on my stomach. In the evening i take a stroll near the temple and retire to my room. The entire night is spent tossing on the bed and with the sleep elusive i for one try to search an auto at 3 in the morning which could well take me to any tea centre. Around 5 i hail an auto and visit a tea centre next to Sholapur Dharamshala. The tea dispensed is great. Around six in the morning i am in one of the compartments and we have to wait for almost  four hours. The gates to the temple are shut and they open a little before 10.30 am. Having sighted Mallikarjuna Swamy with ease i return to Kurni Sadan and vacate the room. I settle for two sets of Idly from Hotel Murugan and begin the search for bus that would take me to Hyderabad. Idly in particular from Hotel Murugan is something to relish.
I would remain ever grateful to Hotel Murugan and its staff for the services rendered. Mr Srinivas Reddy in particular was very helpful.

In Hotel Murugan the Hyderabadi chai adda has servings like idly, dosa, wada, tea, coffee, ice tea, french fries among others. In Sholapur Dharamshala there is Mr Patil who is ever ready to dispense room even to single person. Near Hotel Murugan Sri Uma Ramalingeshwara Devanga Satram the woman at the desk gives the contact number and there is a rider here that rooms would be spared to those who come in group and notings to that effect is pasted in Telugu language.

The Stay in Srisailam is for three days and the clean surroundings and wide roads to Kurni Sadan is something to cherish. They make extra effort to keep the surroundings near the temple as clean as possible. There are notings in the temple premises on the upcoming Shivratri Festival and programmes to that effect. There is ATM Mobile Van of Andhra Grameen bank and that comes handy. There are slew of ATMs near the bus station. Again my best wishes to Mr Srinivas Reddy and staff of Hotel Murugan. Besides Shyam the automan there was Mr Uday another automan who provided his services.

Sri Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple is Huge and the Magnanimous Staff makes the temple more appealing. Three Cheers to SRI MALLIKARJUNA SWAMY TEMPLE.

Sightings in Srisailam

- Hotel Murugan for black tea, idly
- Hotel Apoorva
- Hotel Sai Sankar
- Reddy's Welfare Choultry
- Balija , Kapu, Telaga Choultry
- Sri Siddeshwara Choultry
- Sri Devanga Choultry
- Sri Karanabhata Choultry

At Sidda Ramappa Paadaalu directions for various places
- Pushkarini
- Rajula Satram
- Vasavi Satram
- Pataalaganga
- Bus Stand
- Toll Gate


The Bus for Hyderabad leaves at 11.52. As for the weather in Srisailam it is moderate hot and even in the month of February the temperature is around 35 degree centigrade.

Steadfat on CAA, it is time to give dictation to your PA

Steadfat on CAA, it is time to give dictation to your PA

As the govt of the day and night is steadfast on CAA it is time to give dictation to your PA (Personal Assistant). CAA is all bunkum and sooner it is nipped in the bud the better would be the time to serve the cow milk converted curd. The govt's pompous plan to let CAA play out in open is faulty; it is time to clip its wings so that it doesn't have unabashed sortie. Members-turned-politicos cutting across party lines are opposed to CAA, it is time those flaunting CAA Muscles at least acquire a degree necessarily called B.A.(Bachelor in Arts).

A  B.A. minus politico is a politico reaping hatred a B.A. minus politico time and again blows whistle and delivers CAA rhetoric. Those piloting CAA are groping in the dark, days are not far when CAA would stop in its tracks and stop delivery bark. CAA sums up the sentiment of hatred and vitriol as it spews venom across layers of humanity that includes legendary cricketer like Bevan. CAA would rip the country apart, it is time to take a dip an exercise that is no less than a fulsome bath. Politicos would come and go, those sticking by CAA would get the lethal blow. CAA sauce and CAA boss are one and the same, it is time politicos whose car is parked in porticos stop espousing its cause. CAA brinkmanship would lend you one political blow after another even if you wear a jacket necessarily made from leather.

As for the frisking, why doesn't a politico get frisked at the airport when a layman gets ready invitation to swear by frisk float. You remove your belt, jacket, shoes to get frisked in Chennai not sparing even the coot, they the frisking men have a foresight which is out and out brute. Days are not far when those abstained from frisking would pose a danger and this could well be a case of those in tacit understanding with Pak Ranger. Days are not far when common man availing frisking hammer would rise in revolt given the discriminatory nature of frisking rule and tool that doesn't spare even Athlete Usain Bolt.  

Stay in Secundarabad; Visiting Lord Ganesh Temple in Secundarabad; Search for bus to Srisailam from Hyderabad

Stay in Secundarabad;  Visiting Lord Ganesh Temple in Secundarabad; Search for bus to Srisailam from Hyderabad


Before i write about my southern sojourn it would be prudent to essay thoughts on Vistara the inflight magazine. Shivank is the captain of flight UK 899. The inflight magazine went like this:

Bleissure: Thiruvanathapuram
Offshore: Kathmandu
Getaway: New Zealand
Offbeat: Sweden

Potpourri A collage of happenings from the world of travel, entertainment, technology and current affairs.

- Forest of sign posts in Yukon's Watson Lake in Canada growing since 1942. Today there are over 91,000 signs

- This month that year
- On Feb 12, 1847 American Inventor Thomas Edisson was born in Ohio. He acquired over 1200 patents.

 Shakespeare's First Folio for bidding. A rare 1623 book of Shakespeare will go for auction this April

- Upcoming events
- Elephant boat race and river festival Feb 28 - March 1, 2020 Bangkok
- Dubai Food Fest  Feb 21 Dubai
- Desert Fest Feb 7-9 Jaisalmer
- Mahashivratri concert Feb 21 Delhi
- Rio Carnival Feb 21- 26 Rio De Janeiro Brazil

- Story on Southern Calling
 Thiruvanthapuram is the commercial, cultural and educational hub of Kerala. Explore Kanniyakumari as well. Places to explore Kovalam, Poovar, Kanniyakumari. (Kanniyakumari is not spelled as Kanyakumari)

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Visiting Lord Ganesh Temple in Secundarabad

After taking Bombay Meals from Padmaja restaurant i returned to my room. Early next morning i took tea from A R Mess Point. Here mornings begin early. The A R Mess Point opens up by 4.30 am or before that. Visited the famed Lord Ganesh Temple in Secundarabad. Returning to Padmaja i vacated the room and took two sets of Idly from the restaurant.

It is Raju bhaiya the automan who drops me at Jubilee Bus Station (JBS). I  can't  find bus for Sirsailam. If you visit the bus site there are buses every hour to Srisailam from JBS.  I am told i would get bus from Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station (MGBS) in Hyderabad. Take auto mentored by Mr Nagesh to MGBS. He informs me that the metro inauguration is today for metro to run between JBS and MGBS. At MGBS meet Nikhil going to Srisailam.

From MGBS there are buses going to Alchampet, Kalwakurthy, Mahbubnagar, Wanaparthy, Narayananpet, Hubli, Yadagirigutta, Warangal, Guntur among other places.
The aforementioned bus come at 10.14 am. Inside bus there is an ad on Venkateshwara shopping mall. Zaheerabad, Bidar
The bus leaves at 10.30 am. Mr Vijay swamy is bus driver and he is very alert. Even the bus conductor is cheerful.

Polling in the City of Delhi where you meet person with the name Kelly

Polling in the City of Delhi where you meet person with the name Kelly

In the city of Delhi as votes were cast and results were out, the party thriving on work accomplished and gender parity restored came out with flying colours, winning 62 seats in a contest of nearly 70 occasional heats. The CM took oath pledging to work for all, work morning to night toll, promising to reach out to each of 20 million residents of Delhi which has a road named Hailey. The campaign was bitter with the biting cold making people turn to sweater. The campaign done and dusted, the votes by no means glum and very much gusted, the results out and feted, the celebrations were mute as those who were voted to power were cute.

With govt schools far away from turning stale, the Medical Centres (Mohalla Clinics) up and running, the piped water supply not a tale of cunning, enough had been done to make Delhi take a stroll and there were less number of people who were eager to engage in a brawl. You vote or not vote for me i will work for you was the banter the CM carried on in a city where people occasionally get wise and witty. As i was out of Delhi on the day the voting took place, Srisailam was the place i was in where there was no race. More has to be done to bring Delhi at par with resonating cities round the world, more surety of success needs to given to tourists who come from other nations and have a foresight that is not blurred. In the days to come and months to not cringe more international tourists would be arriving in the city of Delhi and have sumptuous meals to fill their belly.

With the caveat thrown in the law and order machinery would continue to be at the disposal of Centre, the ruckus in varsities like JNU and Jamia where none were spared irrespective of gender. It is high time the people in the city take to public transport, the repeated usage of personal transport is out and out crude. Here in this city millions are spent on marriages and other such carnivals not knowing this very money could be used to raise medical infrastructure that is not necessarily private driven and by no means cool. Mohalla Clinics need to be upgraded and become strong a city swelling with healthy people who are no less than King Kong.

As the mandate is for five years to rule and not rile, the cooperation extended by Centre would be cherished and a city that espouses the cause of all communities would be welcome with none sporting the expression of glum. More milestones are to be chased and a robust medical infrastructure would be praised. We extend good wishes to those who won and those who bited the dust, never in the history of India the chronological antecedents of divise politics has people turn on and become a riveting craze.

As one goes out of Delhi, one has to watch out for his/her stomach and money tally, the intake of food should be pure and fun and water gulped should not necessarily be a dose of rum. As flight tickets were booked, the different bus rides collated, the stay in South India was all about polite demeanor that one could sport reaching out to everyone who crossed our path and with no fear. Hail South India, hail the template it comes with, hail each act of affection bit by bit as it is all about common man's writ.

Leaving for South India from New Delhi

Leaving for South India from New Delhi

As i decided to visit South India, the dilemma faced by me on getting a ticket through cleartrip website was difficult to dodge. The plane ticket mentioned no PNR and that was something that posed trouble at the airport.  Left Home for Airport at 12.05 pm with Mr Gurjeet Singh at the wheels. Indian oil petrol pump near Moti Bagh in New Delhi came handy as the personnel with the name Mr Ravindar Chauhan handed me change. The taximan was kind enough to drop me at the airport. Reached airport at 12.37.

Ms Pinto of Vistara Airlines put a poser to me as a ticket with no PNR could well mean no travel. There was another gentleman who took pride in the fact that in exceptional circumstances they entertained tickets with no PNR. That was crude on his part. In fact they had no difficulty to trace the PNR by feeding in the name of the traveller. There was Mr Prashant looking for a flight to Dharamshala and the Air India flight to Ludhiana had a spot fare of rs 40,000. There was another gentleman who had come from Saudi Arabia and destined to travel to Varanasi. He was carrying Euro notes and meant to be used in places/countries whose economies were showing turbulence.

Post frisking i met Mr Nitin Jain of Buddy who helped me to make a phone call from his cell. Vistara the inflight magazine carried a story on Nepal the mystical wonder. Flying to destinations within India since 2015 we (Vistara) launched international operations in 2019 by adding Singapore, Dubai, Bangkok and Colombo.

There was another story on Experiential travel which is a trend gaining momentum. Seated next to me was Mr Sundeep Reddy from Hyderabad. The flight took off a little after 2.40 pm. On getting to know that i had plans to walk from Alipiri Gate to Tirumala, he declared that he had the knack to walk from Alipiri Gate to Tirumala every two months. That was something to cheer. On most of the sectors in India they were dependent on China the country as far as raw materials went was his observation something that i found it hard to fathom. Mr Sundeep Reddy gave me his contact number and told me to look for APTDC site for rooms for places i wished to travel.  The descent begins at 4.40 and the flight lands at 5.02 pm in Hyderabad airport.

Having reached Hyderabad and collected luggage i headed towards bus stand from where for rs 265 the bus takes you to Jubilee Bus Station (JBS) in Secundarabad. I understand the bus fare stands unchanged from 2018 when i visited Hyderabad.  In the bus i happen to meet Mr P V K Raju who took the trouble to do a room search in Srisailam on his smartphone, the place i was supposed to visit first. He had the fortune to work in Indian Institute of Chemical Technology. He handed me some of the cell numbers which i could try to gain access to rooms in Srisailam One Of 12 Jyotirlingas Of Lord Shiva.

Seated next to me was another gentleman who went by the name Mr G S Rao. He declared that the place where New Hyderabad Airport was located was drought prone area at one point of time and it had been developed like anything. He further added the population of Hyderabad had crossed 1 crore (10 million). The ride from Hyderabad Airport to JBS came with a spate of flyovers with P V Narasimha Rao flyover the longest and steady enough to carry any amount of traffic and spate of grandiose buildings and malls across either side. In fact it was P V Narasimha Rao who was Prime Minister of India hailing from Andhra Pradesh much credited for ushering in economic reforms in the country. Mr G S Rao spoke about high rates that Ola and Uber charged while going from airport to the city which are poles apart.

The man at the wheels was Mr Srinivas and he was kind and cheerful. The bus took more than one- and-a-half hour to reach JBS with traffic showing no signs of abating.  From JBS i took an auto mentored by Mr Madhu Sudan. I zeroed in on Padmaja lodge. Mr Adhikari was at the desk. Took Bombay Meals from Padmaja restaurant. It was from A R Mess point i took black tea.

Visiting Harat Nizamuddin Railway Station in New Delhi One More Time

Visiting Harat Nizamuddin Railway Station in New Delhi One More Time

As i took an Auto mentored by Mr Damodar of Bihar who was kind enough to drop me at Sarojini Nagar metro station it was time to visit Nizamuddin Railway Station.  The metro for Nizamuddin station left at 1.35 pm. Inside the coach the feat recorded by Delhi Metro went like this: Janakpuri West Metro Station has the tallest escalator in India with an elevation of 15.6 metres.

Stations on the way were Dilli Haat INA, South Extension, Lajpat Nagar (interchange here for violet line) Vinobapuri and Ashram. Happen to meet Mr Navel from Australia who was here as a tourist and with whom i discussed about bushfires razing parts of his country. Reached Nizamuddin metro station at 1.50 and as i came out there was a board bold and bountiful: Northern Railway welcomes you. Hazrat Nizamuddin Station

At the Ticket Vending Machine Mr R S Giri was dispensing tickets and he was helpful and kind enough to hand over Platform (PF) ticket. Spate of announcements for different trains greeted me which included Goa Express to depart from PF 7 at 3 pm, Bandra Nizamuddin Garibrath to depart at 3.35 from PF 7, Kerala Sampark Kranti from Chandigarh to Kochuveli  arriving on PF 4, Gondwana Express to depart from PF 4 at 3.20 pm, Shakurbasti Palwal EMU arriving on PF 4, Andaman Express arriving at 2.28 on PF 4, Shreedham Express to Jabalpur standing on PF 1, train number 18507 from Visakhapatnam to Amritsar Hirakud Express to arrive at 3.30 pm, delayed by 15 minutes and Agra Cantt Delhi Passenger arriving at 3.49 pm. 


I was lucky enough to meet Mr Mani going to Chennai by Chennai Rajdhani.  He has worked in Indian Railways for 40 years. His son is an architect in Okhla in Delhi. Meet snack vendor Mr Chandrapal on PF 1. On PF 3 there is the lone PCO STD ISD booth, something to cherish. Hope the Delhi city and cities across India get flooded with PCO booths/ coin dipping phone stands. In the city of Bengaluru there are coin dipping phone stands. Meet Mr Prabhakaran going to Chennai by Chennai Rajdhani.

Meet Buddhist Monk Mr Champa with whom i discuss about famous monastery in Bylakuppe in Karnataka State in South India. Meet Mr Udayan pursuing Bachelor in Biology from London. Has Gained scholarship whereby he has to pay 50 per cent of tuition fee and this time round he was carrying huge luggage and headed towards Gwalior. AS i decided to leave i met Mr Giri once more and his demeanor suggested he was a person with simple habits.

Meet Mr Rahul Kumar who gives token at metro station. Meet Mr Daimary who does frisking and hails from Assam in North East India. Took auto mentored by Mr Shamim who is upright in his observation that grandiose ads placed by a party in different publications won't fetch votes and it is the party with the broom symbol that he is going to vote for the work done.

It was a visit to Nizamuddin Station flanked by a desire to know the cleanliness in different platforms which was noteworthy and personnel of Indian Railways coming with a demeanor that was out and out praiseworthy.

Reminiscing about Matrusri Tarigonda Vengamamba Anna Prasada Centre in Tirumala at home

Reminiscing about Matrusri Tarigonda Vengamamba Anna Prasada Centre in Tirumala at home

Polls in the city of Delhi and those voting with the name Everton Hailey

Polls in the city of Delhi and those voting with the name Everton Hailey

In less than a week from now there would be polls in Delhi and among those who would be voting would be a man from Scotland who has taken Indian Citizenship named Hailey. This poll brouhaha is all about whom to vote and whom to ploat, the poll expenses of different political parties are out to expand and bloat. The quantum of cash that has made its way into this poll frenzy is enormous and that illustrates the poll as a vibrant commerce.

Polls look to be timid and a bit farce; Need to focus on Health Services

This poll looks to be timid and a bit farce as issues have been swept under grass. Issues that should dominate the proceedings should be piped water supply for good number of hours a day, electricity/power supply that doesn't show an abnormal temperament/rise and those who are out to pay a bill that is almost thrice, the breakneck speed at which public transport buses like green, red and orange that ply with no fear and an agenda that tries to fix anomaly in the economy and that too with enough ambition and cheer. Health services in govt hospitals need to be upgraded and more additional beds and more govt medical centres need to come up in phases should be the goal in a city which is witnessing poll after a hiatus of five years and still making the criminals bold. How to tame the crime syndicate should be the pulsating agenda and how to make city freed from builder/sand mafia. The city so far is not narcotics fief and if remedial measures are not taken addicts would have a rich harvest to reap.

Graft freed municipal body

As for municipal body in the city that is enmeshed in graft and greed the time has come to greet and make it graft freed. Those filing property tax with honest intentions should be given priority, a graft freed municipal body would make Delhi sit pretty. The circle rates should come down drastically across colonies of Delhi so that it doesn't lead to holes in residents pocket/budget and that too yearly. As poll voting hours would draw to a close, the people in the city of Delhi would speak to persons in North America with the name Bose who would be ever ready to propose with a Rose.

Lakes in Delhi

This poll should propose an agenda whereby polls are held after every seven years instead of five and one that doesn't witness exchange of cash and make the person concerned occasionally jive. Well no report has come of cash seizure this poll season in the city of Delhi, the city that is witness to price rise of essential commodities an act accomplished cleverly.  From Delhi Cantt to Delhi Band from majority to minority all would be voting in a sense to elect a govt that tries to arrest price rise and see to it that it doesn't every season keep bloating. The price of crude refined as petrol and diesel is sky high and days are not far when India would in some days in a calendar year go dry. Days are not far when lakes would make surprise entry in the city of Delhi and these lakes would have enough quantum of water to fill your belly. Lakes are polluted in the city of Bengaluru enmeshed with froth and no effort has been cementing enough to fix this rot. Once lakes get distilled in the city of Bengaluru there would be cheer and quantum of support from places as far as Uru.

From Coimbatore to Connecticut

In the next five days from Coimbatore to Connecticut all would be discussing about Delhi polls that enlivens and occasionally dulls your very existence and tries to prevent you from getting a jolt. Which party would get a jolt and which party would bite the dust is not known, the hope is fractured mandate doesn't come to dominate the proceedings with glycerine soaked soap. News Channels across India would be wasting hours trying to decode the Delhi poll results, the better it would be for them to relay a thought or two on bushfires that have been raging Australia that tends to make the aforementioned country raise concern across Asia.

Unbiased reporting

News Channels in India need to drive an agenda whereby they push unbiased reporting and those indulging in tabloid journalism need to be shun and shut and with passage of time they won't be gloating. Tabloid journalism necessarily means reporting sensational news with no content; the sensationalism index they have largely taken on rent. As entertainment channels across India are not having a field day, their ever expanding expenses are keeping them from being active and be in the fray.

As Budget papers were tabled in India's Parliament, the time has come to raise concern and make employment generation the all-weather cement. Budget would be presented every year and with no fear and fiscal discipline would be the overriding goal in a nation which sees every season poll. Splurging should be something that should be stopped with immediate effect and all govt functions in five star hotels should have a blanket ban even if it sees attendance from Ket. The amount of money that is splurged on politicos and bureaucrats security is something to ponder, it is time the shrill campaign on this doesn't differentiate between gender. 

As one publication put out mood of the nation poll it all look to be stage-managed with no hope. This mood of the nation poll is an irritant that needs to be taken out, the better it would be for this publication to concentrate on health services across nation and with no grouse. This mood of the nation poll was all bunkum and that shows it has been prepared after taking rum.

As we take this opportunity to extend good wishes to CNN, Al Jazeera and NDTV News Channels across world these are the news sources we cull. WE would like to extend Good Wishes to Ms Gauff, Ms Naomi Osaka, Ms Serena Williams, Ms Venus Williams, Ms Maria Sharapova and all tennis players and their family members. Best wishes to Pope Francis.

Best wishes to Tata Store South Extension Personnel Ms Madhuri Dixit. Best Wishes to Ms Karishma Germanwala Patel and her family members in Surat. Best Wishes to NDTV staff members and their family members including Ms Sara Jacob, Ms Sonia Singh, Ms Anjali Ishtwal, Ms Aditi Rajput, Ms Jaya Kaushik, Ms Kadambini Sharma, Ms Richa Jain Kalra, Ms Nagma, Ms Nidhi Razdan Ms Nidhi Kulpati, Ms Maya Sharma, Ms Ankita Mukherji, Ms Gargi Rawat, Mr Sam Daniel, Mr Kamal Khan, Mr Anurag Dwari, Mr Sanket Upadhyay, Mr Srinivasan Jain, Mr Sushil Bahuguna, Mr Manoranjan Bharti, Mr Nehal Kidwai (Bengaluru), Mr Vishnu Som, Mr Ravish Kumar, Mr Ravish Ranjan Shukla, Mr Manoranjan Bharti, Mr Prannoy Roy, Ms Radhika Roy, Ms Tara Roy and their family members.

Best Wishes to CNN News 18 staff members and their family members including Mr Zaka Jacob, Mr Bhupen Choubey, Mr Anand Narsimhan, Ms Maha Siddiqui and Ms Marya Shakeel. Best Wishes to Ms Amanda Davies, Ms Kristie Lu Stout, Ms E Burnett, Ms Hala Gorani, Ms Becky Anderson, Ms Christian Amanpour, Ms Shubert, Mr Richard Quest, Mr Fareed Zakaria, Mr Nick Robertson, Mr Cooper and Mr Anderson of CNN. Best Wishes to Ms Maggie Lake and Ms Kajori Sen.

Best Wishes to Ms Haru Mutasa, Ms Catherine Soi, Ms Ivonne Ndege, Ms Folly, Ms Ibrahim, Ms Ghosh, Ms Dareen, Mr Everton Fox, Mr D Jordan of Al Jazeera and their family members. Best Wishes to Mr Ramachandra Guha, Mr Amitav Ghosh, Mr Aakar Patel, Mr Gopal Krishna Gandhi, Mr Shekhar Gupta, Mr Vikram Chandra and their family members. Best Wishes to Ms Nirmala Sitharaman, Ms Chitra Tripathi. Best Wishes to Javed bhai, Ali Ahmed bhai, Avesh bhai, Suresh bhai, Junaid bhai, Qasim bhai, Afzal bhai, Anil bhai, Narain bhai, Kadi ben of Somnath Gujarat. Best Wishes to Harsukh bhai, Geeta ben, Vaishali, Kishore bhai, Jignesh bhai, Batuk bhai, Shyam bhai, Krupesh Upadhyay, Hemang Upadhyay, Neeraj Upadhyay, Yagnesh Kumar V Upadhyay, Prakash bhai and Ameera ben of Dwarkadhish Gujarat.

Visiting Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station By Metro On A Thursday

Visiting Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station By Metro On A Thursday


On a Thursday i had the fortune to visit Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station in the heart of New Delhi. Coming close on the heels of declaring my intention to visit South India some time later the visit to the said station was accomplished in a Delhi Metro Coach. As i stepped inside metro coach post frisking there was proud proclamation which went like this: The Metro Network in Delhi-NCR (National Capital Region) is one of the largest in the world at 373 kms with 271 metro stations. This brings to the fore the metro network in Turkey (Istanbul) and the monumental feat that it has recorded and hope frisking is in place and it remains secured as ever. Hope the Moscow Metro too remains secured as ever and same hope for New York Metro.

As for Delhi Metro the metro stations that came on the way to Nizamuddin station were Dilli Haat INA, South Extension, Lajpat Nagar, Vinobapuri and Ashram. I had the fortune to meet Mr Aamir Khan who was headed towards Khan Market and sought directions to the same. He zeroed in on deboarding at Lajpat Nagar and taking another metro to Khan Market which was not that far from there. Lajpat Nagar is interchange station and one has to walk for a while to board another metro. Mr Aamir Khan's candid nature showed his upbringing was rock solid and that should be hailed by one and all.

A little after 2 pm i was at my destination and the walk to the said station from metro premises called for deft skills as the road was choc-a bloc with commuters, riders and passengers. There was a vending machine that dispensed platform ticket and this spared you from the trouble of standing in a queue.  I was carrying a torn note and the personnel was not prepared to accept that. The Waiting hall / Lounge on Platform 1 run by Tirupati Associates was something to cheer as it has a cordial staff and honest right from top to toe. They charge rs 10 for each hour spent and that is reasonable. The bathroom is squeaky clean. Again my best wishes to Tirupati Associates and Waiting Lounge.

There were series of announcements for different trains starting from Karnataka Sampark Kranti coming from Yashwantpur in Bengaluru City to Hazrat Nizamuddin on Platform 6, Hazrat Nizamuddin to Jabalpur Shreedham Express rescheduled to leave at 4 pm, Agra Cantt-Delhi Passenger arriving at 3.19 pm, Shakurbasti-Palwal EMU arriving on Platform 3, Nizamuddin-Ghaziabad EMU, Kerala Express from Thiruvanthapuram arriving on Platform 3, Sachkhand Express arriving at 3.01 pm on Platform 3, Gondwana Express to leave from Platform 4 at 3.20 pm. As i made mental note of these announcement a special word of praise for snacks vendor Mr Chandrapal on Platform 1 who was very cooperative in dispensing soap strips and accepted 100 rs torn note from me without any hesitation. I had collected this torn note from a public sector bank in Kamal Cinema. The platform 1 was squeaky clean and so were other platforms.

I had the opportunity to meet Buddhist Monk Mr Gangtulku who was going by Goa Express to Hubbali (it is spelled as Hubli and Hubbali was spelled on train coach) as the said train had some of its coaches going to Hubli. Mr Gangtulku was staying in Hubli in Karnataka State. We spoke about famous monastery near Mysore at Bylakuppe. I told him i had been to Mcleodganj where a large number of Buddhists resided. I could make note of Mr D K Singh TTE of Jhansi Division on Platform 7.

A little before 3 pm i left Nizamuddin station and as i waited for the metro i came across Mr Ansal Updhayay pursuing Bachelor of Engineering (Information Technology) from Army Institute of Technology Pune. He had come by Karnataka Sampark Kranti from Pune which started at 9 am the previous day and reached Hazrat Nizamuddin a little before 3 pm the next day. The train fare stood at over rs 2000 and air adventurism he resisted as the fare would have been much higher than that had he done spot booking. Having reached Sarojini Nagar Metro Station i hailed auto driven by Mr Kauser Ali who was very humble.

On a Sunday i had the opportunity to visit Khan Market where i collected the calendar from Narula's Stationery where the staff was very humble. My best wishes to them. Later i visited Sarojini Nagar Market in an auto mentored by Mr Vishnu whose humble nature and honesty needs to be appreciated. I collected bag from VIP Store. 

Polls in the city of Delhi and those voting with the name Everton Hailey

Polls in the city of Delhi and those voting with the name Everton Hailey

In less than a week from now there would be polls in Delhi and among those who would be voting would be a man from Scotland who has taken Indian Citizenship named Hailey. This poll brouhaha is all about whom to vote and whom to ploat, the poll expenses of different political parties are out to expand and bloat. The quantum of cash that has made its way into this poll frenzy is enormous and that illustrates the poll as a vibrant commerce.

Polls look to be timid and a bit farce; Need to focus on Health Services

This poll looks to be timid and a bit farce as issues have been swept under grass. Issues that should dominate the proceedings should be piped water supply for good number of hours a day, electricity/power supply that doesn't show an abnormal temperament/rise and those who are out to pay a bill that is almost thrice, the breakneck speed at which public transport buses like green, red and orange that ply with no fear and an agenda that tries to fix anomaly in the economy and that too with enough ambition and cheer. Health services in govt hospitals need to be upgraded and more additional beds and more govt medical centres need to come up in phases should be the goal in a city which is witnessing poll after a hiatus of five years and still making the criminals bold. How to tame the crime syndicate should be the pulsating agenda and how to make city freed from builder/sand mafia. The city so far is not narcotics fief and if remedial measures are not taken addicts would have a rich harvest to reap.

Graft freed municipal body

As for municipal body in the city that is enmeshed in graft and greed the time has come to greet and make it graft freed. Those filing property tax with honest intentions should be given priority, a graft freed municipal body would make Delhi sit pretty. The circle rates should come down drastically across colonies of Delhi so that it doesn't lead to holes in residents pocket/budget and that too yearly. As poll voting hours would draw to a close, the people in the city of Delhi would speak to persons in North America with the name Bose who would be ever ready to propose with a Rose.

Lakes in Delhi

This poll should propose an agenda whereby polls are held after every seven years instead of five and one that doesn't witness exchange of cash and make the person concerned occasionally jive. Well no report has come of cash seizure this poll season in the city of Delhi, the city that is witness to price rise of essential commodities an act accomplished cleverly.  From Delhi Cantt to Delhi Band from majority to minority all would be voting in a sense to elect a govt that tries to arrest price rise and see to it that it doesn't every season keep bloating. The price of crude refined as petrol and diesel is sky high and days are not far when India would in some days in a calendar year go dry. Days are not far when lakes would make surprise entry in the city of Delhi and these lakes would have enough quantum of water to fill your belly. Lakes are polluted in the city of Bengaluru enmeshed with froth and no effort has been cementing enough to fix this rot. Once lakes get distilled in the city of Bengaluru there would be cheer and quantum of support from places as far as Uru.

From Coimbatore to Connecticut

In the next five days from Coimbatore to Connecticut all would be discussing about Delhi polls that enlivens and occasionally dulls your very existence and tries to prevent you from getting a jolt. Which party would get a jolt and which party would bite the dust is not known, the hope is fractured mandate doesn't come to dominate the proceedings with glycerine soaked soap. News Channels across India would be wasting hours trying to decode the Delhi poll results, the better it would be for them to relay a thought or two on bushfires that have been raging Australia that tends to make the aforementioned country raise concern across Asia.

Unbiased reporting

News Channels in India need to drive an agenda whereby they push unbiased reporting and those indulging in tabloid journalism need to be shun and shut and with passage of time they won't be gloating. Tabloid journalism necessarily means reporting sensational news with no content; the sensationalism index they have largely taken on rent. As entertainment channels across India are not having a field day, their ever expanding expenses are keeping them from being active and be in the fray.

As Budget papers were tabled in India's Parliament, the time has come to raise concern and make employment generation the all-weather cement. Budget would be presented every year and with no fear and fiscal discipline would be the overriding goal in a nation which sees every season poll. Splurging should be something that should be stopped with immediate effect and all govt functions in five star hotels should have a blanket ban even if it sees attendance from Ket. The amount of money that is splurged on politicos and bureaucrats security is something to ponder, it is time the shrill campaign on this doesn't differentiate between gender.

As one publication put out mood of the nation poll it all look to be stage-managed with no hope. This mood of the nation poll is an irritant that needs to be taken out, the better it would be for this publication to concentrate on health services across nation and with no grouse. This mood of the nation poll was all bunkum and that shows it has been prepared after taking rum.

As we take this opportunity to extend good wishes to CNN, Al Jazeera and NDTV News Channels across world these are the news sources we cull. WE would like to extend Good Wishes to Ms Gauff, Ms Naomi Osaka, Ms Serena Williams, Ms Venus Williams, Ms Maria Sharapova and all tennis players and their family members. Best wishes to Pope Francis.

Discussing about Matrusri Tarigonda Vengamamba Anna Prasada Centre in Tirumala at home

Discussing about Matrusri Tarigonda Vengamamba Anna Prasada Centre in Tirumala at home

As we discussed about Matrusri Tarigonda Vengamamba Anna Prasada Centre in Tirumala and high standards maintained by the Centre at home it came close on the heels of our declaration of intent to travel to other part of India some time later.  The ride to a new destination would be accomplished by a mode of transport which would make us reach the said destination in record time and with full accomplishments. We are thankful to Matrusri Tarigonda Vengamamba Anna Prasada Centre in Tirumala for providing us meals that is necessarily prasadam with a service that is unparallel. As we carry prayer diary with us the thought is on where to keep the diary when we are having prasadam. There should be personnel inside the Centre who can keep our diary which we can collect after having the prasadam. As we would make an effort to walk from Alipiri Gate to Tirumala with the blessings of Lord Govinda also called Lord Srinivasa the prayer diary need to be kept at some place at the time of taking prasadam.

The intent to reach new destination comes with concern bordering on availability of rooms.  The room, steep tariff included, would be welcome with the rider that the room is not infested with bed bugs. There have been occasions in the past when while staying near Kempegowda Bus Stand in Gandhi Nagar in Bengalaru city the bed bugs and their dominant nature have bothered us. A neat and tidy room in  Shubhodaya Lodge in Gandhi Nagar in 2018. As against this bed bugs infested room in Subhadra Lodge in Gandhi Nagar. Hope the bed bugs feat is not replicated in the new destination which we hope to access in the near future. A room minus TV set and refrigerator would be welcome. A room with less upheaval would be appreciated. A room in a Guest House/Hotel from where the temple can be accessed with ease would be welcome.

On SVBC Channel had the opportunity to watch Srinivasa Chaturveda Havanam. Visakha Sri Saradapeetham. Live from Vizag in Andhra Pradesh in India.

Best Wishes to Mr Djokovic. My best wishes would always be with Mr M S Dhoni and his family. He has done a lot for Indian Cricket and BCCI omitting him from Central Contract shows the BCCI is at fault. The sheer opportunism shown by BCCI and coach needs to be corrected and they should usher in a new thought process.

Hope Coronavirus spread is contained. The sooner it is contained the better it would be for humanity.